In October 1998, Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten and left to die. The horror of this murder pushed Laramie into the media spotlight and sparked a nationwide debate about homophobia, gay-bashing and hate crimes. Filmmaker Beverly Seckinger returns to her hometown to […]
The Possum Drop, directed by Mindy Keeley, brings home a win in its film festival debut. The film took 2nd place honors in the Documentary Short Division of the Knoxville Film Festival. The film will continue its festival run at the Chagrin […]
This summer, third-year DFP student, Camie Bargerstock interned at Cabin Creek Films in New York City. Camie worked alongside documentary filmmaker, Barbara Kopple, who founded the production house, and a former student of the DFP faculty, David Cassidy, who is now a producer at Cabin […]
Learn about the diverse backgrounds and varied filmmaking goals of the first year students by checking out the Class of 2016 Bios.
Kids of Conquest, a short film co-directed by Jasmine Luoma and Diane Hodson, will screen at the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival in Chagrin Falls, Ohio on October 2nd. The film follows three sixth grade students from Winston-Salem, NC as they create historical documentaries dramatically bringing to […]
The RiverRun Film Festival has selected The Legitimate Child and The Impetus to Desegregate, two documentary shorts produced by both former and current DFP students, to feature in their Films With Class program. The FWC program screens films in local classrooms to enhance the schools’ […]
Our September screening line-up features films exploring gay marriage, immigration policies in North Carolina, and the struggle over land rights in Zimbabwe. Learn more about these films and be sure to mark your calendars.
The One Who Builds co-directed by Peter Carolla, Hillary Pierce and Nick Gooler, brings home a Best Short Documentary win at the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival. This marks the first best in category win for The One Who Builds. The Legitimate Child, co-directed and co-produced […]
DFP faculty member Cindy Hill and former co-director Mary Dalton will present a “Sneak Preview” of their film Living in the Overlap on Wednesday, September 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Wake Forest University in Brendle Recital Hall. Living in the Overlap tells the story […]
Filmmaker Magazine has named Jason Osder, a former student of the DFP faculty and an assistant professor at The School of Media and Public Affairs at the George Washington University, to its annual list of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film. […]